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More Londony anniversaries and trivia.

More Monday trivia.

Police close off areas of the West End, and Twitter is alive with (unverified) rumour of IRA involvement.

Not a lot of people know that Michael Caine was born in Rotherhithe 78 years ago today. (Or maybe they do.)

More Londony historical trivia for a Monday morning.

More historical trivia for a Monday morning.

What’s being described as ‘an ink toner cartridge converted into a bomb’ has been discovered on an aeroplane in London. The United Parcel Service flight was en route from Yemen to Chicago, stopping off at an undisclosed London airport. Two other planes, at Philadelphia and …

The numbers of Londonist compiled, collated and translated into a picture… 5 posts on the cycle hire scheme 4 mentions of 2012, which is getting closer and closer 2 types of unlikely and unpopular meat dishes in the news 16 documented cases of bears left …

Poignant numbers and the photo they turn into from Londonist last week… Image by edscoble from the Londonist Flickr pool 3 new rape crisis centres for London 67 years since the stampede that killed 173 people at Bethnal Green station 90 minutes or less to …

136. Angels over London Angels are without doubt some of the most harmonious mythical figures.These symbols of hope however appear to be more than just iconic archetypes, as many witnesses have recorded encounters with such winged wonders throughout the history of the capital. On 8th …